CVE-2025-24531

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CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium

EPSS

<1%p16

Published

Jan 16, 2026 (Jan 16, 2026)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In OpenSC pam_pkcs11 before 0.6.13, pam_sm_authenticate() wrongly returns PAM_IGNORE in many error situations (such as an error triggered by a smartcard before login), allowing authentication bypass.

Weakness: CWE-393
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.2%)

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